GMD | BOOK |
Classification | B CUR |
Subject | ChemistsCurie, Marie, - 1867-1934EnglishFranceFrenchMedicine, HistoryBiographyBiography & Autobiography / WomenWomen |
Topic | Non Fiction |
Series | Giants of Science |
Description | Talk about a "glowing reputation!" Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel prize but two in physics and in chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences. As with her previous star-studded biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, and Sigmund Freud - all three chosen as ALA Notable Books - Kathleen Krull offers readers a fascinating portrait of this mythic "giant of science" who abhorred publicity. And she also places Curie's ground-breaking discovery of two elements within the framework of science at that time. |
ISBN | 9780670058945 |